Stop The Witch Hunt LFA!
Editorial

The Liberia Football Association (LFA) since 1936 has been a major catalyst for the promotion of peace, unity and reconciliation through its salient management of the game on the local stage.

 Under various administrations, the football house remained a bastion to promoting tolerance via football, as it amicably settle disputes, quarrels, imbroglios via just a 90 minute frenzy.

 On the pitch, those at the helm of the game managed to right the wrong, clear the doubts and resolved a host of tense issues. There are quite a plethora of relevant activities the LFA has and continue to engage in since its exordium.

 No matter what kind of leadership come to the fore, one cardinal responsibility of the football house has always been the act of accepting criticism on a positive note and as well constructively engage individuals and institutions all in the interest of developing the most beautiful game.

 But, after a protracted period, the writings on the wall are not worth reading, as the LFA has bent on the unwholesome act of witch hunt in the name of banning a journalist on what it terms unbalanced or misleading story.

 Why one would not want to delve in to the crux of the matter, the decision of the local football house to ban rising pen pusher-journalist, Roland M. Mulbah from all of its activities or if you may like its facilities is quite unfortunate, leaving connoisseurs to marvel at such action which in no way mean well for the growth and development of the game that was prodigiously affected as a result of 14 years fratricidal civil holocaust.

 To say that someone or a journalist is banned since he is not dancing to the tone or rhythm of the UN drive based football house is something that must be decried by any well meaning football follower.

 There are many questions screaming for answers with the issue of why did they take such a decision?

Why did they not get in touch with the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL)? Or even the writer himself to be able to amicably resolve the matter?

 In fact, was the player quizzed as to where he got such information of the LFA gone bankrupt or in simple terms broke? Did they maybe call for a retraction or maybe clarification?

The idea or decision to come down hard on a writer is quite ironic of football being a unifier.

 Why it is true that one cannot negate that fact that the tolerance of administration cannot be taken out of context, this does not in any way mean the LFA must engage in acts that would deter people or journalists from executing their cardinal responsibility.

 It is quite high time that the LFA see reason and lift the ban impose of journalist Mulbah in the interest of football development.

 Josep Sepp Blatter, Issa Hayatou of FIFA and CAF respectively have been positively attacked or have read stories relatively against them, but as football remains a unifier, they acted maturely in efficiently dealing with the matter and did not allow the game to come into disrepute just from a mere report.

 The LFA must follow suit, and must see journalist as partners whatever the circumstance.

We expect to see Roland M. Mulbah back at the ATS covering and promoting the ongoing national league in order for our rising stars to be motivated.

Please let sleeping dog lie.

A hint to the wise is quite sufficient.